February 17, 2023
Nigeria: Taking a Stance On Feminists' Prejudice Against Religious Minority Women
Since researching the experiences of gender discrimination against women in poverty who belong to religious minorities, many fellow feminists have turned their back on me. Read more »
February 14, 2023
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone's Gender Law Boosts Women's Participation in Politics, Business
Sierra Leone's new gender equality law will benefit women with political aspirations - as well as stimulate development, say analysts. Read more »
January 24, 2023
Africa: On International Day of Education, We Must Prioritise Girls in Humanitarian Crisis
"Is it a sin to be a girl? We don't want to be at home and illiterate. We want to go to school, study and be intelligent." Read more »
December 22, 2022
Africa: Raising the Alarm On the Slow Pace of Family Law Reform
The writer is Campaign Manager - Global Campaign for Equality in Family Law Read more »
December 21, 2022
Africa: Gender Inequality - a Question of Power in a Male-Dominated World, Declares UN Chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has singled out Gender Parity as one of his key priorities in his second term in office, beginning 2023. Read more »
Africa: Gender Parity At the UN Willfully Ignores the Facts
There are two sides to the problem of Gender Parity at the United Nations. Read more »
December 19, 2022
Africa: Gender Target At COP15 - Russia's Single Word Objection Holds Up Process
Since the beginning of the high-level segment, tensions have been steadily rising at the 15th meeting of the conference of the parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity… Read more »
December 14, 2022
Africa: COP27 Fails Women and Girls - High Time to Redefine Multilateralism - Part 3
The writer is former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations, former Ambassador of Bangladesh to the UN and former President of the Security Council. Read more »
December 12, 2022
Africa: COP27 Fails Women & Girls - High Time to Redefine Multilateralism
Three weeks have gone by since the much-ballyhooed mega-gathering of the 27th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), generally known… Read more »
November 30, 2022
Africa: Three Ways to End Gender-Based Violence
How are the multiple shocks and crises the world is facing changing how we respond to gender-based violence? Almost three years after the COVID-19 pandemic triggered high levels of… Read more »
November 25, 2022
Africa: Push Forward - Act Now to End Violence Against Women and Girls
Five years ago, the global #MeToo movement brought new urgency and visibility to the extent of violence against women and girls. Millions of survivors came forward to share their… Read more »
November 23, 2022
Uganda: Women Tackle Domestic Violence With Green Solutions
Constance Okollet Achom, a Ugandan woman from Tororo, a rural village located in Eastern Uganda, has helped several dozens of her peers affected by domestic violence to address the… Read more »
November 15, 2022
Africa: Ending Gender-Based Violence in a World of 8 Billion
Whether to have children or not is one of the most life-altering decisions a person can make. Read more »
November 08, 2022
Africa: UN Needs a Sea Change in Its Handling of Sexual Exploitation & Abuse (SEA)
Calling it "so disappointing and disheartening" in social media on 17 October, Dr. Rosie James, a British medical expert, announced that "I was sexually assaulted by a World Health… Read more »
October 31, 2022
Africa: A Tale of Cities
For decades, urban practitioners have failed to consider the needs of women in city decision-making and planning. Imagine being a young girl in a bustling metropolis. Read more »
October 17, 2022
Africa: Rural Women Work The Hardest, Produce The Most, Eat The Least
Make no mistake. Violence against women has been perpetuated, specially when it comes to those who have already been deprived of their basic human rights, as it is the case of… Read more »
October 13, 2022
Africa: Millions of Girls Abused in the Name of Toxic Masculinity
A common feature to religions - including the monotheistic ones - is that groups of males have self-proclaimed themselves as the source for interpreting the "Word of God," shaping… Read more »
October 05, 2022
Africa: Successful Climate Solutions Require Investment in the Lives of Adolescent Girls
This year commemorates the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child. While the last decade has seen greater attention on the positive development needs of girls,… Read more »
September 30, 2022
Africa: UN's High-Level Meeting of World Leaders Falls Short on Gender Empowerment
When the UN's high-level meeting of world leaders concluded last week, the head count seemed lopsided: 190 speakers, including 76 Heads of State, 50 Heads of Government, 4… Read more »
September 27, 2022
Kenya: Women's Financial Inclusion, Empowerment in Kenya
A two-year-old child cries hysterically as his mother attends to customers standing in front of her stall to buy vegetables on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The… Read more »
September 22, 2022
Kenya: The New Cold War Over Access to Safe Abortion in Kenya
Fatuma is a 24 year old girl from Korogocho, an informal settlement in Nairobi. She died in December 2021, from complications arising from an unsafe abortion. Her friend and a few… Read more »
September 13, 2022
Africa: What Does the African Continental Free Trade Agreement Hold for Women?
Agnes Opus sells cereals in Busia, the border town between Kenya and Uganda. This is her lifeline through which she caters for her immediate family's needs from school fees to… Read more »
September 15, 2022
Africa: Full Gender Equality Almost 300 Years Away At Current Rate of Progress
While women in rich societies are paid around 25% less than men for equal jobs, those living in impoverished countries receive by far much lower salaries, if any at all. Read more »
August 18, 2022
Africa: To Accelerate Social Change, Approach Philanthropy With a Feminist Lens
Feminist movements are powerful, and donors who want to contribute to solving the biggest challenges facing the world today, should fund them deeply, and without restrictions.… Read more »
August 08, 2022
Africa: Indigenous Women At the Forefront of Transformational Change
The writer is Manager, UNDP's Global Programme on Nature for Development Read more »